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He was also known as the “Little Corporal.”"},{"text":"Which Roman leader’s failed revolt led to 6,000 of his followers being crucified?","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Nero","Brutus","Spartacus","Catiline"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spartacus-Roman-gladiator\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Spartacus</a> was a leader in the Gladiatorial War (73–71 BCE) against Rome, the failure of which led to 6,000 of his followers being crucified by Roman forces along the Appian Way. "},{"text":"Which leader endured a long prison term and later became his country’s president and a Nobel Prize winner?","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Jonas Savimbi","Nelson Mandela","Desmond Tutu","Jimmy Carter"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nelson-Mandela\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Nelson Mandela</a>’s long imprisonment (1962–90) and subsequent ascension to the presidency (1994) symbolized the aspirations of South Africa’s black majority. He led the country until 1999. In 1993 he and F.W. de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for their efforts to end apartheid and bring about a peaceful transition to nonracial democracy in South Africa. "},{"text":"Which American labour activist led a five-year strike against grape growers and a nationwide boycott of grapes?","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Che Guevara","Cesar Chavez","George Meany","Samuel Gompers"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesar-Chavez\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Cesar Chavez</a> was an organizer of migrant American farmworkers and a cofounder (with Dolores Huerta) of the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. In September 1965 he began leading what became a five-year strike by California grape pickers and a nationwide boycott of California grapes that attracted liberal support from throughout the country. "},{"text":"Holiday trips in Latin America inspired which Latin American leader to support violent revolution?","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Che Guevara","Juan Perón","Fidel Castro","Simón Bolívar"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Che-Guevara\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Che Guevara</a> was a theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, a prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (1956–59), and later a guerrilla leader in South America. He spent many of his holidays traveling in Latin America, and his observations of the great poverty there convinced him that the only solution lay in violent revolution."},{"text":"Which American political leader is known for saying “Give me liberty or give me death”?","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Patrick Henry","George Washington","Thomas Jefferson","Richard Henry Lee"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patrick-Henry\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Patrick Henry</a> was an influential orator and a major figure of the American Revolution. He was independent Virginia’s first governor (serving 1776–79, 1784–86). At the second Virginia Convention, on March 23, 1775, he delivered the speech that assured his fame. Convinced that war with Great Britain was inevitable, he presented strong resolutions for equipping the Virginia militia to fight against the British and defended them in a fiery speech in which he said, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”"},{"text":"Which philosopher is known for the observation that human life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”?","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["John Locke","Thomas Hobbes","Jean-Jacques Rousseau","Friedrich Nietzsche"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Hobbes\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Thomas Hobbes</a> was an English philosopher and political theorist who remains best known for his publications on individual security and the social contract. He argued that, in the absence of peace, humans would live in a state of war, which would be a time of “continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” His solution was a sovereign with absolute power."},{"text":"Which U.S. president won the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroism during World War II?","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["John F. Kennedy","Dwight D. Eisenhower","Donald Trump","Ronald Reagan"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"In the fall of 1941 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-F-Kennedy\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">John F. Kennedy</a> joined the U.S. Navy and two years later was sent to the South Pacific. Commanding a patrol torpedo boat, he was seriously injured when a Japanese destroyer sank it in the Solomon Islands. He led his men back to safety and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism. "},{"text":"Which Christian saint wrote an account of her suffering that was influential for centuries after?","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Hildegard ","Perpetua","Catherine of Siena","Felicity"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Perpetua-Christian-martyr\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Perpetua</a> was a Christian martyr who died in 203. She wrote what became <em>The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity</em>, a journal recounting her trial and imprisonment that was continued by a contemporary who described Perpetua’s death. Both her martyrdom and its account have been highly revered by ancient and modern Christians. Her text is one of the rare surviving documents written by a woman in the ancient world."},{"text":"Which American writer was buried with Bolshevik leaders beside the Kremlin wall in Moscow?","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["Upton Sinclair","Sinclair Lewis","John Steinbeck","John Reed"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Reed\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">John Reed</a> was an American poet-adventurer whose short life as a revolutionary writer and activist made him the hero of a generation of radical intellectuals. When the U.S. Communist Party and the Communist Labor Party split in 1919, Reed became the leader of the latter. 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In 1854–56, during the Crimean War, she was in charge of nursing in the military hospitals in Turkey, where she coped with conditions of crowding, inadequate sanitation, and shortage of basic necessities. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shirley-Chisholm" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Shirley Chisholm</a> was the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress. In 1968 Chisholm was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating civil rights leader James Farmer. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which military leader was known as the “Little Corporal”?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Napoléon Bonaparte</a> was a French general, first consul (1799–1804), and emperor (1804–1814/15). He was also known as the “Little Corporal.”</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which Roman leader’s failed revolt led to 6,000 of his followers being crucified?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spartacus-Roman-gladiator" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Spartacus</a> was a leader in the Gladiatorial War (73–71 BCE) against Rome, the failure of which led to 6,000 of his followers being crucified by Roman forces along the Appian Way. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which leader endured a long prison term and later became his country’s president and a Nobel Prize winner?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nelson-Mandela" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Nelson Mandela</a>’s long imprisonment (1962–90) and subsequent ascension to the presidency (1994) symbolized the aspirations of South Africa’s black majority. He led the country until 1999. In 1993 he and F.W. de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for their efforts to end apartheid and bring about a peaceful transition to nonracial democracy in South Africa. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which American labour activist led a five-year strike against grape growers and a nationwide boycott of grapes?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesar-Chavez" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Cesar Chavez</a> was an organizer of migrant American farmworkers and a cofounder (with Dolores Huerta) of the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. In September 1965 he began leading what became a five-year strike by California grape pickers and a nationwide boycott of California grapes that attracted liberal support from throughout the country. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Holiday trips in Latin America inspired which Latin American leader to support violent revolution?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Che-Guevara" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Che Guevara</a> was a theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, a prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (1956–59), and later a guerrilla leader in South America. He spent many of his holidays traveling in Latin America, and his observations of the great poverty there convinced him that the only solution lay in violent revolution.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which American political leader is known for saying “Give me liberty or give me death”?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patrick-Henry" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Patrick Henry</a> was an influential orator and a major figure of the American Revolution. He was independent Virginia’s first governor (serving 1776–79, 1784–86). At the second Virginia Convention, on March 23, 1775, he delivered the speech that assured his fame. Convinced that war with Great Britain was inevitable, he presented strong resolutions for equipping the Virginia militia to fight against the British and defended them in a fiery speech in which he said, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which philosopher is known for the observation that human life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Hobbes" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Thomas Hobbes</a> was an English philosopher and political theorist who remains best known for his publications on individual security and the social contract. He argued that, in the absence of peace, humans would live in a state of war, which would be a time of “continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” His solution was a sovereign with absolute power.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which U.S. president won the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroism during World War II?</dt> <dd>Answer: In the fall of 1941 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-F-Kennedy" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">John F. Kennedy</a> joined the U.S. Navy and two years later was sent to the South Pacific. Commanding a patrol torpedo boat, he was seriously injured when a Japanese destroyer sank it in the Solomon Islands. He led his men back to safety and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which Christian saint wrote an account of her suffering that was influential for centuries after?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Perpetua-Christian-martyr" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Perpetua</a> was a Christian martyr who died in 203. She wrote what became <em>The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity</em>, a journal recounting her trial and imprisonment that was continued by a contemporary who described Perpetua’s death. Both her martyrdom and its account have been highly revered by ancient and modern Christians. Her text is one of the rare surviving documents written by a woman in the ancient world.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which American writer was buried with Bolshevik leaders beside the Kremlin wall in Moscow?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Reed" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">John Reed</a> was an American poet-adventurer whose short life as a revolutionary writer and activist made him the hero of a generation of radical intellectuals. When the U.S. Communist Party and the Communist Labor Party split in 1919, Reed became the leader of the latter. Indicted for treason, he escaped to the Soviet Union and died of typhus in 1920; he was subsequently buried with others considered Bolshevik heroes beside the Kremlin wall.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which religious festival celebrates the victory of Judas Maccabeus over Antiochus IV Epiphanes?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hanukkah" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Hanukkah</a> was instituted by Judas Maccabeus in 165 BCE to celebrate his victory over Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king who had invaded Judaea, tried to Hellenize the Jews, and desecrated the Second Temple in Jerusalem. After the Temple was purified, a new altar was installed and dedicated on Kislev 25. Judas then proclaimed that the dedication of the restored Temple should be celebrated every year for eight days beginning on that date. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which radical leader of the French Revolution was assassinated in his bath?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Paul-Marat" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Jean-Paul Marat</a> was a French politician, physician, and journalist. A leader of the radical Montagnard faction during the French Revolution, he was assassinated in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin conservative. Marat’s dramatic murder at the very moment of the Montagnards’ triumph over their opponents caused him to be considered a martyr to the people’s cause. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which peasant girl led the French army at Orléans during the Hundred Years’ War?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Joan of Arc</a> was a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453). </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Which Siberian peasant and mystic had a curious ability to heal the son of Emperor Nicholas II, which made him an influential favourite at the court?</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grigory-Yefimovich-Rasputin" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Grigori Rasputin</a> was a Siberian peasant and mystic whose ability to improve the condition of Aleksey Nikolayevich, the hemophiliac heir to the Russian throne, made him an influential favourite at the court of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: What was the first U.S. military decoration, instituted by George Washington in 1782 as an award for bravery in action but now awarded to those wounded or killed in service of their country?</dt> <dd>Answer: The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Purple-Heart" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Purple Heart</a>, the first U.S. military decoration, was instituted by General George Washington in 1782 as an award for bravery in action. 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